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rydoOP•

Backstory:

I built the app at the most recent Google Tech UG Android hackathon - it's my first app so it doesn't have any polish. It does however work much better than the Hit The Road website on my Android phone and tablet.

Thoughts, feedback, issues, let me know. The second version will hopefully be holo themed for ICS and follow the Android Design Patterns more closely.

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deeringc•

Do they have an API or how did you integrate with HTR?

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rydoOP•

I work on HTR also - we have a private API, nothing public at the moment.

Edit for disclosure: I also co-organise the Google Tech UG

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Great, keep it up! Release early and often!

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rydoOP•

Thanks - not sure why that is. Did you get that in the Android app?

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rydoOP•

Can you explain how you got to those directions for http://getthere.ie?

Hit The road for Dun Laoghaire-Tallaght shouldn't send you to GetThere.ie, would you mind checking this link: Dun Laoghaire Harbour-Tallaght

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box_of_carrots•

How come it always tells me to use DART? I have a monthly bus pass and prefer to use the bus over the DART. Is it possible to make it bus only?

Edit: Great App though, beats the shit out of the Dublin bus website and the maps are really useful!

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rydoOP•

Thanks carrots!

At the moment it's not possible to limit to a single mode of transport. It is on the to do list though.

For most journeys there will be multiple options, if the start/end points are both near a DART/Luas stop the first result will tend to be a DART or Luas, but the other results should include buses.

I don't know if this helps, but we have a bus route page - the size of the text corresponds to the frequency of the route. Clicking on a bus will show the route map with each stop and the timetable. Clicking an individual stop will also load the real-time information for that stop/route combination.

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box_of_carrots•

Excellent stuff. By the way I posted HTR on r/irishtourism . Why don't you post the App link on there as well?

I do live near a DART station so I'm sure that skews things.

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rydoOP•

Thanks, appreciate it!

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Lolacaust•

Love this site, Was working in the NDRC when these guys where there, glad to see they're still going strong

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